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89 Stocks Boosted Their Dividends To New Levels

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally
published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”.
The overall dividend growth continued and ended in an old strength last week.

In total 89 stocks increased their dividend payments
of which 30 are High-Yields and 54 are currently recommended to buy. The
average dividend growth amounts to 21.05 percent.

Yields come down as a result of the strong stock price
gains. The current hikes don’t change the situation because they grow much lower
compared to the valuation. Quality dividend stocks getting rare and better priced.
That’s my main recognition over the recent months.Here
are my favorite dividend growth stocks:

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) has a market capitalization of $231.90 billion. The company employs 127,600 people, generates revenue of $67.224 billion and has a net income of $10.514 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $17.889 billion. The EBITDA margin is 26.61 percent (the operating margin is 20.49 percent and the net profit margin 15.64 percent). JNJ hiked dividend by 8.2 percent.Financial Analysis:
The total debt represents 13.32 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 24.94 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.81 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.67. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.40 in the form of dividends to shareholders. Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.17, the P/S ratio is 3.54 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.58. The dividend yield amounts to 3.10 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.56.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Unilever (NYSE:UN) has a market capitalization of $117.63 billion. The company employs 173,000 people, generates revenue of $66.854 billion and has a net income of $6.445 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $10.665 billion. The EBITDA margin is 15.95 percent (the operating margin is 13.62 percent and the net profit margin 9.64 percent).
Financial Analysis:
The total debt represents 22.14 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 67.43 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 30.42 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.00. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.26 in the form of dividends to shareholders. UN hiked dividend by 7.9 percent.Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.76, the P/S ratio is 1.88 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.96. The dividend yield amounts to 3.09 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.84.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Unilever (UN)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Unilever (UN)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Unilever (UN)

Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) has a market capitalization of $32.05 billion. The company employs 30,000 people, generates revenue of $25.740 billion and has a net income of $2.473 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $8.281 billion. The EBITDA margin is 32.17 percent (the operating margin is 12.30 percent and the net profit margin 9.61 percent).
Financial Analysis:
The total debt represents 6.05 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 25.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.84 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.59. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.79 in the form of dividends to shareholders. TRV hiked dividend by 8.7 percent.Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.92, the P/S ratio is 1.25 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.26. The dividend yield amounts to 2.35 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.67.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Travelers Companies (TRV)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Travelers Companies (TRV)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Travelers Companies (TRV)

W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) has a market capitalization of $17.05 billion. The company employs 21,100 people, generates revenue of $8.950 billion and has a net income of $698.85 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.290 billion. The EBITDA margin is 14.42 percent (the operating margin is 12.64 percent and the net profit margin 7.81 percent).
Financial Analysis:
The total debt represents 11.26 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 18.67 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.97 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $9.88. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.06 in the form of dividends to shareholders. GWW hiked dividend by 16.3 percent.Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 24.81, the P/S ratio is 1.91 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.63. The dividend yield amounts to 1.52 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.88.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of W.W. Grainger (GWW)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of W.W. Grainger (GWW)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of W.W. Grainger (GWW)

Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 21.05 percent and
the average dividend yield amounts to 4.02 percent. Stocks from the sheet are
valuated with a P/E ratio of 19.37.The average P/S ratio is 3.81 and P/B 2.66.

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What is a dividend? A dividend is a payment by the company to its shareholders. Normally, a stock pays 4 times a year a quarter dividend in order to participate investors at the company’s success. The amount of dividends in relation to the earnings of a company is called payout ratio. The figure measures the part of the earned money which is paid to the shareholders. A payout ratio of up to 50 percent (half of it's earnings) is a good figure. Sometimes it could be possible that companies can pay 90 percent of its net income due to its business model. Those businesses don’t need much money for growing.

The dividend amount in relation to the price that an investor pays is called the dividend yield. The value measures the return of the investor. A dividend yield of 5 percent (High-Yield) means that the investor receives 5 percent of his investment in cash - pretax within a year. This value is estimated for the full year dividends. Most of the highest yielding dividend stocks have only a big quarter dividend of more than one percent because of it's unsustainable dividends. The capital market expects a dividend dividend cut by the company.

An important date for investors is the ex-dividend date. This is the day on which the new investor doesn’t receive any dividend payments. He must wait 3 month for the next quarter dividend.

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There are two main stock types available: common stock and preferred stock. A common stock gives the shareowner the ability to vote at the annual general meeting and to receive dividends. A preferred stock has no voting right but for compensation, a higher claim for earnings and assets.

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